The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been a writer who does simplistic, simple melodies. But I think it works.
When you get the right people together, writing music becomes very effortless.
Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it.
My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.